Ken0069 wrote:Wonder how many dimocrap dumbasses will fall for this one? If they weren't doing this to begin with, what makes anyone believe they will change their ways if they win an election? Past experience has proven that these bastards tell you what they think you want to hear, then do what the hell they please if you elect them with no regard for those who put them in office!! F'em, feed'em fish heads!

Wonder how many dimocrap dumbasses will fall for this one? If they weren't doing this to begin with, what makes anyone believe they will change their ways if they win an election? Past experience has proven that these bastards tell you what they think you want to hear, then do what the hell they please if you elect them with no regard for those who put them in office!! F'em, feed'em fish heads!

Why West Virginia's Governor Switched Parties–And How Democrats Have Sunk Further At The Local Level
Matt Vespa
Aug 04, 2017 2:05 PM

In Huntington, West Virginia, President Donald Trump talked about coal, American workers, health care, getting the country back on track, and his love for the state. There was also a surprise guest: Democratic Gov. Jim Justice.

Gov. Justice had a very important announcement, which is that today he will officially become a member of the Republican Party. West Virginia does produce Democrats of a more moderate to right-leaning mold. He declared that the current political situation didn’t afford him to serve the people of West Virginia efficiently while still being a Democrat. The transformation into a red state was pretty much complete, but this event could be the closing chapter. The state hasn’t voted Democratic since 2000 and many Democrats here voted for Trump due to the anti-coal crusade waged by liberal Democrats Barack Obama over the past eight years. For a time, it was weird in the sense that West Virginia might vote Republican in national elections, but Democratic at the state level. That’s long gone. With Justice’s defection, the GOP controls everything now.

In The Suck: A Guide To How Bad The Democratic Party Is Right Now
Matt Vespa
Aug 15, 2017 1:00 PM

For years, the media and the Democrats made the claim that the GOP is in a state of civil war. The Tea Party wing vs. the establishment is going to eat the party alive etc., well, that turned out to be overblown. Yes, those divisions remain, at times—they’ve led to nasty policy fights. But in the end—the GOP has been able to win back Congress and the presidency. They’ve dominated the state and local power bases as well. In all, 69/99 state legislatures are under GOP control, as are two-thirds of all the governorships. Along, with the presidency and Congress, the Republican Party is the dominant political force in the country.

For the Democrats, they’re a bi-coastal party. Regional and withdrawn to their urban strongholds, the party has to decide what to do. There is one school of thought says win back Trump voters, millions of whom had voted for Barack Obama in 2012. The other way is to maximize on the diverse coalition of the party (i.e. nonwhite voters). As you could probably guess, it’s the position taken by the respective progressive and establishment wings of the Democratic Party. You can’t win back Congress with just the cities. To make that effort easier, it’s best to win back state legislatures, which ink the congressional maps. That requires retaking parts of rural America, which the progressive wing is not taking too kindly too. Right now, the Democratic Party seems to be inching closer to all-out civil war. Local skirmishes have already erupted in California, which could spill out onto the national stage.

Former Top Obama Adviser: This Talk About Trump Being Removed Because He's Unfit Is Troubling

The not so subtle insinuation that the president is mentally ill has been pervasive with liberals. Oh, and Trump is clearly trying to start a civil war, or something, according to Lemon. Well, even former members of President Obama’s inner circle, like David Axelrod, voiced their concerns about this removal talk regarding Trump on CNN, adding that it’s going to take us down a very dark path if it continues. He was especially concerned about Clapper’s remarks (via The Hill):

The not so subtle insinuation that the president is mentally ill has been pervasive with liberals. Oh, and Trump is clearly trying to start a civil war, or something, according to Lemon. Well, even former members of President Obama’s inner circle, like David Axelrod, voiced their concerns about this removal talk regarding Trump on CNN, adding that it’s going to take us down a very dark path if it continues. He was especially concerned about Clapper’s remarks (via The Hill):

“The inference was that somehow there should be some effort to remove him, or at least that’s how some people would have heard it,” Axelrod told CNN’s “The Situation Room.”

“And I think we have to be very, very careful when we have these discussions because we have a system, a Constitutional system.”

[…]

Axelrod said while he took Clapper’s remarks seriously, they made him “nervous.”

“And if people get a sense that there’s some extraordinary measure that’s going to be taken to effect what they would view as a bloodless coup,” Axelrod explained.

“Remember a third of the country supports this president, that’s a very dangerous road to go down. And if you ever did go down that road, you’re open a Pandora’s box that will never end.”See the full article HERE!

1989TransAm wrote:From what I read it was a disagreement over the strategy in Afghanistan. I am sorry to see Sebastian go. He was a good man.

This is "Off Topic" for this thread but since it was brought up, here's the real story!

Dr. Gorka was essentially a Steve Bannon employee in the administration; Gorka reported to Bannon, and Gorka took instructions from Bannon. With General Kelly creating a formal chain of contact and message discipline within the White House; and with Gorka’s boss having resigned a week ago; it was entirely predictable that Gorka would leave.